We often live our inherently busy lives absorbed within important tasks or mindless routine, rarely stopping to think, from a third person point of view, about our life, or ourselves. Perhaps this is a self-protectionism mechanism in effect, shielding us from the harsh reality of the surrounding and the unknown of the future and what we essentially are. However, it is critical to move away from simply living our lives, and take a moment to think about what we are, our purpose in what we do and the reality of our circumstances. Only by achieving this can one truly escape from the routine, remove the shackles of meaningless life and break through the illusion of surroundings. Aristotle is well known as one of the first philosophers to have observed himself and those around him, to come up with his own definition of what constitutes as human beings and how it can explain some of our most common behaviors. Aristotle views living things as a amalgamation of two distinct item, the body and the soul, to form an entity that all living things are an example of. The body, by itself, is nothing but an empty husk in the shape of various living things, physical yet without sentience. The soul is the essence of all living things, which results in the body becoming a living thing the moment the soul takes possession of it. These two items …show more content…
The soul is the origin of life, for it gives consciousness through the possessing of a body. This is the first time the body serves any function, becoming the medium of which the soul experiences the myriad worlds, and through which the soul expresses itself in response to the external world. In this sense, the soul might give the impression of being superior among the two, but this is a false conclusion as the facts remains that, even though one can exist without the other, they cannot function without each